Clinical Practice
NHS Practice
Dr Asif Qasim provides direct patient care in general and interventional cardiology, with a focus on complex percutaneous procedures, and leading advancements in clinical services including a transformative role as Clinical Director. He is actively involved in national and international teaching, research and education.
Early adoption of Radial First and Day Case PCI from 2009
Founder and Course Director London IVUS and Pressure Wire Course (2008-2012)
Successfully designed and developed Croydon Heart Centre, opened in 2011 and now delivering high-quality local care to 40,000+ patients annually
Improved Croydon Heart Failure Services with One Stop HF Clinic, Integrated HF Specialist Nursing Services and two NHS England National Priority Projects
Initiated Treat and Return at Croydon providing urgent inpatient procedures for hospitals in south London, including angiography, PCI, pacemaker and complex device implantation
Clinical Excellence Awards: 8 points
Previous NHS Appointments
2010-2015 Clinical Director
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
Senior leadership post alongside his full time role as a consultant cardiologist. In this position Dr Qasim was responsible for service delivery, finance, governance, clinical quality and transformation across these hospital departments and their related integrated community services:
Emergency Department, Medicine, Medical Specialties, Surgery, Surgical Specialties, Theatres, ITU, Women’s Health and Maternity
Managed a £100m budget and led a team of 1,200+ staff.
Spearheaded system-wide transformation across hospital and community settings
Served on the NHS London Clinical Leadership Group (2011-2015) and chaired the NHS Southwest London Urgent and Emergency Care Review (2015)
Following my tenure in this Clinical Director role, I supported redesign of this one directorate into three new directorates.
2011-2020 Regional Specialty Advisor for Cardiology
Royal College of Physicians / British Cardiovascular Society
2007-2008 Senior Interventional Cardiology Registrar
St Mary’s Hospital, London
2006-2007 Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Centro Cuore, Milan, Italy
2002-2005 British Heart Foundation PhD Fellowship
University of Cambridge / MRC Visiting Fellow, Yale University, USA
2000-2007 Cardiology Specialist Registrar
West Midlands Deanery
1999-2000 LAT Registrar Cardiology
St Mary’s Hospital, Portsmouth
1997-1999 SHO
Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham
1996-1997 PRHO
Addenbrooke’s Hospital Cambridge and Bedford Hospital
Private Practice
General & Interventional Cardiology
Dr Asif Qasim is available for private practice consultations in general and interventional cardiology for self paying and insured patients.
Poppy Lane, Croydon, CR9 8AB
Monday evening
Thursday morning
Telephone: 0208 655 5500
164-178 Cromwell Road, London SW5 0TU
Tuesday evening
Thursday evening
Telephone: 0207 460 5700
Consultant provider for private medical insurers including BUPA, AXA PPP, WPA, Aviva, Vitality, Simply Health, Cigna and Healix.
